This year, we've taken several steps to make the 2022 AFS Annual Meeting more accessible to those with financial need.
Annual Meeting News
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The proposal submission window for the of the American Folklore Society in Tulsa, OK is now open! Proposals will be accepted March 1-31, 2022.
There are so many reasons to be excited about meeting in Tulsa, frequently cited as one of the country's “most underrated destinations."
AFS works to ensure that our meeting is accessible to anyone who wants to attend, in part by supporting those who need financial assistance or ADA-related accommodations, and by offering a number of virtual presentation slots for those who can’t travel.
We’ve been waiting for two years to hold our Annual Meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as we had planned for 2020, and we are thrilled that we will finally have a chance to return! Register now! Two years ago, the pandemic upended everyday
Q: “What kind of program can we expect in 2022?” The answer to this and other current questions can be found on our Annual Meeting FAQ page. A: As usual, the lion’s share of the program depends on the proposals or presentations and events that are submitted by participants.
On October 12, 2022, the American Folklore Society will reconvene in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “Re-Centering the Periphery” calls us to focus on the intersections of what is marginalized and centralized both in our field and in the larger public debates about national identities in 2022. Proposal submission: March 1-31.
The Foodways Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for the Sue Samuelson Award for best student paper on food and foodways. Applications are due March 1.
Varick Chittenden and Teresa Hollingsworth were named as the 2021 recipients of the AFS Benjamin A. Botkin prize for significant lifetime achievement in public folklore at the Annual Meeting in October. This prize, awarded each year by the AFS Executive Board and
These last months of the year are customarily a time for reflection. This is certainly true at AFS, as we work to close out the 2021 annual meeting, and shift to preparing for next year. In that spirit, we’ve compared notes, and offer these preliminary observations about our experiments of the past year.